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Genesis 46

46:1And Israel departing, and all of his, he came upon the Well of the Oath. And he sacrificed a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.

46:2And God said to Israel in a vision in the night, saying, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, What is it?

46:3And he says to him, I am the God of your fathers; do not fear to go down into Egypt! For I will make you into a great nation there.

46:4And I will go down with you into Egypt. And I will transport you to the end. And Joseph will put his hands upon your eyes.

46:5And Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath. And the sons of Israel took up Jacob their father, and the belongings, and their wives upon the wagons which Joseph sent to carry him.

46:6And taking up their possessions, and all the property which they acquired in the land of Canaan, they entered into Egypt -- Jacob and all his seed with him.

46:7Sons, and sons of his sons with him; daughters, and daughters of his daughters, and all his seed he led into Egypt.

46:8And these are the names of the sons of Israel, the ones entering into Egypt together with Jacob their father. Jacob and his sons -- the first-born of Jacob, Reuben.

46:9And the sons of Reuben -- Hanoch, and Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

46:10And the sons of Simeon -- Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess.

46:11And the sons of Levi -- Gerson, and Kohath, and Merari.

46:12And the sons of Judah -- Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah. And Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons born of Pharez -- Hezron, and Hamul.

46:13And the sons of Issachar -- Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

46:14And the sons of Zebulun -- Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

46:15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dinah his daughter. All the souls, sons and daughters, thirty three.

46:16And the sons of Gad -- Ziphion, and Haggai, and Shuni, and Ezbon, and Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

46:17And the sons of Asher -- Jimnah, Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah -- Heber and Malchiel.

46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, who bore these to Jacob -- sixteen souls.

46:19And the sons of Rachel, wife of Jacob -- Joseph and Benjamin.

46:20And the sons of Joseph born in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath bore to him, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of Heliopolis -- Manasseh and Ephraim. And were born the sons of Manasseh whom Sura the concubine bore to him -- Machir. And Machir procreated Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim brother of Manasseh -- Sutalaam, and Tam. And the sons of Sutalaam -- Edem.

46:21And the sons of Benjamin -- Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, and Ehi, Rosh, and Muppim, and Huppim. And Gera procreated Ard.

46:22These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob -- all the souls were eighteen.

46:23And the sons of Dan -- Hushim.

46:24And the sons of Naphtali -- Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

46:25These are the sons of Bilhah whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, who bore these to Jacob -- all the souls were seven.

46:26And all the souls entering with Jacob into Egypt -- the ones coming forth from out of his thighs, separate from the wives of Jacob's sons -- all souls were sixty-six.

46:27And the sons of Joseph being born to him in the land of Egypt -- nine souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob of the ones entering with Jacob into Egypt -- seventy-five souls.

46:28And he sent Judah in front of him to Joseph, to meet him near Heropolis, in the land of Rameses.

46:29And Joseph teaming up his chariots, ascended to meet Israel his father at Heropolis. And seeing him, he fell upon his neck. And he wept weeping greatly.

46:30And Israel said to Joseph, I will gladly die from now on, since I have seen your face, for still you live.

46:31And Joseph said to his brothers, In ascending, I will report to Pharaoh. And I will say to him, My brothers, and the house of my father, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

46:32And the men are shepherds, for they were men grazing cattle. And the cattle, and the oxen, and all their things, they have brought.

46:33If then Pharaoh should call you, and he should say, What is your work?

46:34You shall say, We are your servants men grazing cattle, from child hood until the present, even we and our fathers; that you may dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia. For every shepherd of flocks is an abomination to the Egyptians.